Mbabane - Post Report Question and Answers

How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?

Embassy pouch purchases generally take 2-3 weeks to arrive from the U.S. Incoming pouch can include bicycles, TVs, food, etc. Pouch is adequate although outgoing pouch size is restricted to smaller packages. - Aug 2023


Diplomatic pouch. - Oct 2019


Diplomatic Pouch. It's pretty reliable, and things get here in 2-3 weeks. You can't ship anything from here that is bigger than a VCR tape, though. - Mar 2015


Diplomatic pouch. - Feb 2011


The embassy has a pouch - it takes about 2-3 weeks to receive packages. - May 2010


We have pouch, which has been maddening lately. It takes a couple of weeks to get to Pretoria and then another month to get on to Mbabane. Local mail is expensive and not very reliable. - Mar 2008


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